Boycotting the Beijing Olympics unfair to atheles?

That's a good point. It's the Olympics. It's supposed to bring all the countries together for one point in time to compete. Some may be better than others, but others may bring surprises.
The Opening Ceremonies should happen, because it shows how many people worked so hard to get into it. Plus, there are so many others who want to see it too. It's a great way of showing the different people who compete in sports.

i don't support the idea of Boycotting the Olympics !

The people calling for a boycott or canceling the Olympics want someone else to make the sacrifice they are not losing anything.
These actions are not going to improve relationships and certainly will not cause China to change their policies.

What happened to the SF protesters against the Olympics and China? All of them were not there to see China vs. tibet, 700 years ago, so they don't know what they're talking about! The "so-called" human rights violations and victims portrayed on propaganda materials were actually executed criminals that paid for their crimes and not innocent bystanders minding their business.....

Congratulations to Mayor Newsom for his tact in changing the torch route and psyching out the troublemakers, so that they could not amass and molest the Olympic flame! A "few" got close, but the bodyguards and SF Police knocked them down! Now, since the torch run is complete and the closing ceremony was even more secure at the airport, those tibetians and leftist liberal extremists (Asian wannabes) could not enter the grounds at SFO and ruin the ceremony!

The common sense of SF's Mayor and the Olympic Flame both have the last word and the tibetians and liberals have to reload for the next torch destination. We won and kept the Olympic spirit alive! Great work, Mr. Newsom!